When your child is struggling, there is hope and someone who understands.

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You didn't expect to be in this season. Neither did I. When my daughter was struggling with an eating disorder, I sat in the same waiting rooms, carried the same fear, and felt the same desperate love with nowhere to go. Held in the Dark is the book I wish someone had handed me. Written alongside my daughter Heather, it's for every parent who needs to know they are not alone — and that there is light on the other side.
Book Cover: Held in the Dark: Finding Light and Hope While Supporting Your Adolescent Through an Eating Disorder by Jennifer Hope Longenecker and Heather Elizabeth

About Me

Hi, I'm Jennifer. Maybe you found your way here because something is wrong — and you can feel it even if you can't name it yet. Maybe you're a parent watching your child disappear in front of you, slowly and quietly, and you don't know what to do next. I know that place. I've been exactly where you are.

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